rather to the act of getting than to the state of having, and
represents the capture as recently completed.

_Head over Heels_. A transposition of words hardly less surprising
than (to the person most concerned) the mischance that it fails to
describe. What is meant is heels over head.

_Healthy_ for _Wholesome_. "A healthy climate." "A healthy
occupation." Only a living thing can be healthy.

_Helpmeet_ for _Helpmate_. In Genesis Adam's wife is called "an help
meet for him," that is, fit for him. The ridiculous word appears to
have had no other origin.

_Hereafter_ for _Henceforth_. Hereafter means at some time in the
future; henceforth, always in the future. The penitent who promises to
be good hereafter commits himself to the performance of a single good
act, not to a course of good conduct.

_Honeymoon_. Moon here means month, so it is incorrect to say, "a
week's honeymoon," or, "Their honeymoon lasted a year."

_Horseflesh_ for _Horses_. A singularly senseless and disagreeable
word which, when used, as it commonly is, with reference to
hippophilism, savors rather more of the spit than of the spirit.

_Humans_ as a Noun. We have no single word having the general yet
limited meaning that this is sometimes used to express--a meaning
corresponding to that of the word animals, as the word men would if it
included women and children. But there is time enough to use two